Unlike other usual North American earthworms, these highly active worms eat large amounts of humus.

与其他常见北美蚯蚓不同，这些高度活跃蚯蚓吃大量腐殖质。

He holds a hot poker next to them, to see if they move away.

他咀嚼烟草，并向蚯蚓吹气。

But it's not just earthworms that deserve praise.

但值得表扬不仅仅是蚯蚓。

He eats flies, and worms, and bugs, and berries.

它吃苍蝇、蚯蚓、昆虫和浆果。

People said you'd have to pay them $100,000 to eat the worm.

他们说给10万美元才肯吃蚯蚓。

They compost and make earthworm soil.

他们肥并让蚯蚓松土壤。

Remember, tomorrow we'll be dissecting worms!

记好了明天我们要解剖蚯蚓！

The earth-worm has no legs; how, then, does it move?

蚯蚓没有腿, 是如何移?

So, the correct answer was b) as clever as an earthworm!

所以，正确答案是b)和蚯蚓一样聪明！

Earthworms literally move the earth, and this is why farmers love them.

蚯蚓能松土，这就是农民喜欢它们因。

They burrow, and they look like earthworms or even snakes.

它们会挖洞，外形酷似蚯蚓，甚至是蛇。

When the book was published, William was 37 years old.

这一切发生时， 达尔文一直在研究蚯蚓。

But some plants, and even whole ecosystems, are actually better off wormless.

但有些植物、甚至整个生态系，没有蚯蚓可能更好。

He was the first to realize how vitally important worms are to soil fertility.

他第一个发现蚯蚓对于肥沃土壤起着至关重要作用。

Not good. We're having a dance competition with a worm. You got this, bro!

不太好。我们正在跟条蚯蚓比赛跳舞。你没问题，老弟！

Its thirst assuaged, the Worm slithered aside, and vanished into a hole in the ground.

蚯蚓焦渴得到了缓解，慢慢地爬到一旁，钻进一个地洞不见了。

He fills his billiard room with earthworms in pots, with glass covers.

他在台球室里放满了 玻璃罩罐子里蚯蚓。

America during the last Ice Age, it was probably a savanna, with its own set of native earthworms.

当地可能就是莽，还有生种蚯蚓。

March's " worm moon" is named for signs of earthworms appearing in the warmer ground.

三月被称为“虫月”可能是因为天气变暖和了，蚯蚓争相爬上地面。

A great many worms live in the soil of every field and garden.

每一片田野与花园土壤中都生活着许多蚯蚓。